http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/case_review used for category lists, takes arguments en http://www.maximumpc.com/article/january_2008_upgrade_your_pc_for_free <!--paging_filter--><p> <a href="http://dl.maximumpc.com/Archives/MPC0108-web.pdf"><img src="/sites/future.p2technology.com/files/imce-images/MPC0108cover.jpg" width="200" height="260" align="right" /></a>In the <a href="http://dl.maximumpc.com/Archives/MPC0108-web.pdf">PDF archive</a> of the January 2008 issue, you can find: </p> <ul> <li>Upgrade Your PC for Free!</li> <li>Make Vista Liveable!</li> <li>How To: Surf Anonymously</li> <li>The Great Case Race!</li> <li>And 8 More Awesome Product Reviews!</li> <li>Ask the Doctor</li> <li>Rig of the Month</li> <li>The Watchdog</li> <li>And a whole lot more!</li> </ul> <p> Click the big giant cover image to the right to download the PDF archive today! </p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/january_2008_upgrade_your_pc_for_free#comments January 2008 PDF Archives From the Magazine case review January 2008 overclocking pdf archives roundup vista 2008 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:39:26 -0600 The Maximum PC Staff 1775 at http://www.maximumpc.com http://www.maximumpc.com/article/cooler_master_cosmos <!--paging_filter--><p> Consider this month’s batch of case reviews to be a second chance of sorts, as both companies highlighted this month have previously built total clunkers. Cooler Master threw down the iTower 930 in February, which was the functional equivalent of bringing a wiffle bat to a gunfight. And NZXT troubled us with the Adamas—which sported a relatively mediocre design when stacked up against its competitors. </p> <p> We tipped our reviewing hand when we chose this case to house last month’s Dream Machine. But that’s just how sweet the Cosmos is. This case looks as good as it functions, and there’s nary a blemish in either area. More important, the case retains enough of a unique look and feel to distance itself from the bevy of generic models we frequently see. </p> <p> You don’t need to grab a screwdriver to make major changes to any parts in the Cosmos case (aside from the motherboard). The five front 5.25-inch bays use an awesome push-button locking mechanism that, to date, is the best we’ve come across. Tiny thumbscrews hold the six hard-drive trays in place—an elegant improvement over standard drive bays. </p> <p> The Cosmos caters to the water-cooling crowd with its ready-for-a-radiator ceiling grills, but lovers of the air won’t be left out. A detachable 12cm fan bunker pulls in air from the bottom of the case, and a plastic bar running horizontally across the case draws cool air right into the videocard area. Strangely, there’s no airflow across the hard drives in this case, one of the very few oversights we were able to find with the Cosmos. </p> <p> A lack of functioning drive-activity lights on the case’s front panel is another stinger, but it’s not enough to destroy the taste of this sweet, sweet chassis. </p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/cooler_master_cosmos#comments Hardware Cases Reviews From the Magazine October 2007 build a pc case review cases Cooler Master cosmos david dream machine 2007 hardware Review 2007 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:40:32 -0500 David Murphy 1504 at http://www.maximumpc.com